Page Two: The Future Is Glacial

Revisiting change in rocky times

"...on the right. When Barack Obama was running for president, as much as he was hated for his politics..."

Dec. 25, 2009 Column by Louis Black

Jim Gaffigan

Pack up the kids: Comedian Jim Gaffigan is back, taping his Austin shows for cable

"...George Carlin called it the "little world," the minutiae that..."

Dec. 5, 2008 Arts Feature by Steve Birmingham

Dowd, on This Historic Moment

Former Bush campaign strategist Matthew Dowd shares his thoughts on the post-Bush, post-Clinton era

"...on the verge, barring something happening, of Obama becoming president in one of the most historic elections."..."

Oct. 24, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Documentaries and the Cult of Personality

How documentarians pick a winner

"...Frontrunners, Caroline Suh’s documentary about the race for student-council president at New York’s prestigious Stuyvesant High School. The teacher..."

March 12, 2008 Screens Post by Josh Rosenblatt

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...of Crawford on behalf of five activists arrested near President George W. Bush's ranchette in Crawford in May 2003...."

Dec. 31, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Who Pays?

While the economy burns, the Bush administration promotes Mars, moonshine, and marriage

"...Like you, in the wake of our president's bold and visionary call to return to space exploration,..."

Jan. 23, 2004 News Column by Michael King

Page Two

The House Democrats' walkout was their best option in light of Republicans' vicious and highly partisan day in the sun; ending The Chronicle Hour quiets the right-wing voices in our head.

"...a bipartisan house. My source on this would be President George W. Bush, who in running for that office..."

May 16, 2003 Column by Louis Black

After a Fashion

What do Osama Bin Laden, Aretha Franklin, and Blue Genie Art Industries have in common? Absolutely nothing, but go ahead and read about them anyway.

"...FRAT BOY DRIVES COUNTRY INTO DITCH Exactly who is George W. Bush representing in this war with Iraq? Maybe..."

Feb. 28, 2003 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

An Artificial Wilderness

Philip Bobbitt's The Shield of Achilles is getting a serious and heartening push from its publisher, Knopf, writes Roger Gathman. Does he seriously think there's an audience for a book that, among other things, explains the strategic deliberations of Napoleon III? "I always conceived a large audience for this book," Bobbitt claims. "I'd be crushed if scholars didn't attend to this book, but I meant it for anybody who wants to keep seriously informed about world affairs."

"...haunted foreign policy-makers ever since. 1961 was the year President Kennedy sent forth the (in retrospect, astonishing) message about..."

June 21, 2002 Books Feature by Roger Gathman

The Hightower Lowdown

The Hightower Lowdown

"...head of the Christian Coalition and an advisor to George Bush the Second. All of these are hardball players..."

July 20, 2001 News Column by Jim Hightower

Lady in Waiting

Prospective First Lady Anita Perry Prepares for Life in the Spotlight

"...On October 10, less than a month before the presidential election, Anita Perry had a kind of dress rehearsal..."

Dec. 15, 2000 News Feature by Amy Smith

Postmarks

Quote of the week: "You, my hyphenated friend, are an ambassador of evil."

"...of the original Liberty Lunch and the closing of Quakenbush's is disgraceful. Why Americans can't seem to respect their..."

March 17, 2000 Column

Postmarks

Press Bush on Wiccans

"...Editor: Your George II articles qualify you as a newspaper of record..."

June 18, 1999 Column

God Loves Uganda

Uganda's harsh, new anti-homosexuality law owes much to the Christian evangelical movement, argues this documentary.

"...timelier for this movie. Earlier this week, the Ugandan president ignited world furor by signing a bill into law..."

Feb. 28, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Judge Edith Jones: Blacks and Hispanics More Violent

Complaint filed over Jones's discriminatory and biased comments

"...online called "Hanging Concentrates the Mind." (Apparently by Rev. George W. Rutler, in the Catholic magazine Crisis, Feb. 8,..."

June 4, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

The Queen of Versailles

How does 90,000 square feet sound?

"...household staff of 20, and the ear of the president. But it’s human nature to crave more, and so,..."

Aug. 3, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Humor

Rees' strips are provocative and wise, and delivered with a punch to the gut

"...With the reign of President George W. Bush coming to a not-a-minute-too-soon end and..."

Dec. 12, 2008 Books Feature by Jordan Smith

Wynn, Leffingwell Moved to Undiscosed Location

Mayor, council member meet with Bush, Cheney. The horror, the horror …

"...war criminals and stars of Oliver Stone's upcoming W., George W. Bush and Dick Cheney...."

Sept. 18, 2008 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Naked City

"...better future for our children and our grandchildren." – Presidential candidate Barack Obama, speaking in Philadelphia on Tuesday, March..."

March 21, 2008 News Feature

Page Two: Flip It and Reverse It

Bush abandons troublesome action for the sanctity of meaningless battles and ideological purity

"...Too Far: By engaging in an impossible immigration debate, Bush has again betrayed his spiritual backers."..."

July 7, 2006 Column by Louis Black

Thoughts on Iraq

"...war in Iraq. I never truly believed that our president, President George W. Bush, would be able to carry..."

May 18, 2004 Postmarks

Page Two

Despite the Supreme Court's recent decision, affirmative action is alive and well -- for the dominating elite.

"...If George Bush's last name had been Smith, his whole life..."

June 27, 2003 Column by Louis Black

Postmarks

"...insisted on accountability from their representatives, especially from the president. George W. Bush took a solemn oath to uphold..."

July 19, 2002 Column

Renewing the Rainbow

A Preview of the Gay / Lesbian Right Lobby Agenda for the 77th Legislature

"...won't try to circumvent the bill's passage, as ex-Gov. George W. Bush did in the last session. "The thing..."

Jan. 19, 2001 News Feature by Amy Smith

Capitol Chronicle

The TNRCC reports that the Voluntary Emissions Reduction program has produced zero reductions in air pollution

"...control initiative was announced with great fanfare by then-Governor Bush in November of 1997, enacted as Senate Bill 766..."

Jan. 12, 2001 News Column by Michael King

Capitol Chronicle

Political commentary on the career of Henry B. Gonzalez

"...when they were under assault by the Reagan and Bush administrations. He also stood virtually alone in warning that..."

Dec. 8, 2000 News Column by Michael King

I Am Hiphop

One of the hiphop elders delivers a sermon.

"...went from artist to executive by becoming a vice president of A&R at Warner Bros./Reprise, a job he left..."

Sept. 8, 2000 Music Feature by Andy Langer

That's All, Folks!

"...expected to meet the governor and first lady Laura Bush, who is the book fest's patron saint. There was..."

Nov. 20, 1998 Screens Column by Margaret Moser

God's Steward at the TNRCC

In Barry McBee's Environment, Politics and Religion Mix

"...1989, he moved to Washington to work in the Bush White House as the associate director of cabinet affairs...."

Jan. 16, 1998 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Naked City

"...mail expertise. But now that Gramm is running for president, it appears that Rove is placing his bets on..."

Oct. 13, 1995 News Feature

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